hi gazjs,thanks for the welcome, i see your plans include window tinting,i've thought about that too,in two minds as do i tackle it myself or pay to have it done,do you know of any legal requirements as to 'how dark can you go'?

hi stef123,of all the tools i own,a ball joint fork aint amongst them,got in about it today and found a length of 4"x2" between the control arm and the locating hole for the upper ball joint worked well , suppose after putting in a 73hour week driving a lorry tackling that job after coming home wasn't one of my best ideas,but after a decent nights kip,a bacon butty and a cup o' tea,bang job done,cheers though,gonna go out and get a fork soon :D .

hi ian,nice scottish name that,heh heh,can you tell where i'm from yet? :D , i drive an escort 55 van but my wife has a mondeo like yersel,went shopping at a weel known supermarket recently,got back to the car and some !Removed! had had it away with the hub caps , (note to self 'invest in cable ties'),dont become a statistic!

hi, just joined, only on my 2nd ever ford, my first was a fiesta 1.1L,19yrs ago,many moons have passed and i'm now driving an escort 55 van,she's a 1999(t) 1.8d,don't know how i ever got by without her,my daughter absolutely loves it,she's only 5 but loves coming with daddy window down for somewhere to rest her elbow (looking cool),swapped a kawasaki 125 trail bike for it,think i got the better deal though,found parts ralatively cheap and abundant (thankfully)(don't you just love scrappies),had to replace sill(new),n/s hub(2nd hand)cheaper than a new bearing,rear shoes and cables(new),inner driveshaft boot has now burst,but hey the trail bike needed a complete rebuild and i couldn't have my daughter looking as cool on a bike she'd never forgive me for the helmet hair

hi,i have a escort 55 and i'm wanting to replace my inner drive shaft boot,i'll be using a universal rubber boot,but i'm having trouble getting the control arm ball joint to seperate from the hub,it'll drop out only around 1/4 inch then refuses to budge,tried using a crow bar but can't seem to find any purchase,time was getting on so re-assembled everything,thinking of applying to F1 as i'm becoming an expert in wheel removal and replacement any advice gratefully recieved.